Experiment: Cooking an egg with your mobile phone

Are the fears of mobile phone radiation real?

The world’s jury is still out in as to whether or not there are any ill effects from mobile phone use - with both sides usually disagreeing passionately.

Dr Karl asks “Can it be done?”

Many of you would be familiar with the brilliant mind of Dr Karl Kruszelnicki

Last year Dr Karl was receiving a barrage of concerned emails about the fact that you could cook an egg using your mobile phone. The emails claimed that the radiation from a phone can cook the proteins in an egg– and then it asked the chilling question, "Imagine what it can do to the proteins in our brains…"

So, he thought he'd best put the theory to the test - Boiling an egg with your mobile phone

Check out the results for yourself!

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